Dichotomy In A Few Good Men

He was also a soldier from Calley’s company. Recalled a specific situation of Calley killing a civilian. He recalled a vietnamese woman walking out her hut with a baby and Calley shot her and her already wounded child. “There was no reason for the killing. It was murder”.

The article states “he feared that critics in the special operations community would blame him while glossing over decisions by the high officers that contributed to the deaths. ‘they’re going to say: ‘Yep, it’s all your fault. You left him up there, behind, alive,” he said. This shows that officer slabanski feels like he should not entirely take the blame for the deaths that happned the war, and that others should be held accountable as well. He feels like he is taunted of the decision he has made while the higher ranked officers are not put to blame despite the fact that slabanski “requested to delay the mission by 24 hours to reduce the risks” but is denied the request to do so by the higher ranked officers.

Caputo identifies the broadest source of American servicemen’s loss of moral stability and loss of life as the directives of the United States military; “Ethics seemed to be a matter of distance and technology… And then there was that inspiring order issued by General Greene: kill VC. In the patriotic fervor of the Kennedy years, we had asked, ‘What can we do for our country?’ and our country answered, ‘Kill VC.’ That was the strategy, the best our best military minds could come up with: organized butchery.”

Travis Manion, a Marine Corps officer, was an assignment I was given to study before I went the Marine Corp’s Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy during the summer of my tenth grade year to have background knowledge on before we spoke to his family. Travis Manion gave his life to save his Marines in combat and on American soil, as told by his sister and family, who travels the country to tell his story, Travis Manion always lived by his motto: “If not me, then who…”. When asked by his loved ones who doesn’t he just let someone else go to combat instead of always volunteering to go Manion always told them, “If I don’t go, someone less qualified then me might have to go, or someone younger with less experience will have to go to take my place.

The Effective Military Leader Warrant Officer Romero, Philip T. SPC: Captain Dearth, 1st Platoon The book “Black Hearts One Platoons Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death” by Jim Frederick is a true story about multiple leadership failures and six United States Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division who were convicted for their involvement in horrible crimes while deployed to Iraq. The horrific acts including rape as well as murder committed by the soldiers of 1st platoon were a direct result of poor military leadership. Bad leadership will corrupt any military unit.

While it is true that some members of the Battalion did choose to opt out and receive a different assignment, most members decided to stay. Reasons for these men staying could be pinned on the aforementioned reasoning of peer pressure, as Browning shows this with various members of the battalion having breakdowns and showing signs of regret, “The shooting of the men was so repugnant to me that I missed the fourth man…"I suddenly felt nauseous and ran away from the shooting site. rather than the fourth time I intentionally missed. I then ran into the woods, vomited, and sat down against a tree. "(pg.

One of them said that he was running at them fairing his weapon, another said they saw him planting an IED and when he saw them he started firing. After further investigation the truth 4 came out and they were all discharged from the marine corps. At the time I bet it seemed like a great idea due to the group's mindset. The whole endeavor could have been avoided if even one of them had the courage to say that this was wrong and they shouldn't cut corners. Courage is the capability to stand up to whatever is in your path and do the right thing without batting an eye to the fear of public opinion.

Refusing or not or not doing an order precisely as given indicates an unwillingness to compromise for the general good of the unit shows self centered decisions and selfishly motivated that a successful military member should not have. Every order in any circumstance is important, so long as it’s not unlawful, and has

The nature of the enemy was changing and as there was conflicting guidance from MG Odierno to use more force and COL Rudesheim to use more non-lethal methods to combat the enemy, whoever that was. LTC Sassaman viewed COL Rudesheim as the desk jockey who did not really know what was going on in the field, and as a result of the conflict in guidance, discipline started to break down within the battalion. LTC Sassaman did not have a “how to” manual on how to combat insurgency and at the same time stand up a government. LTC Sassaman points out in the case study that the intent of the Soldiers who forced the two Iraqi’s over the bridge were not criminal. The decision by LT Saville to make these civilians jump into the Tigris River as a non-lethal threat describes the permissive attitude allowed that leads to unethical behavior in combat.

Since the beginning of the human existence, man has always dominated and ruled over one another be it empires, corporations, or small groups. Authority and obedience has always been a factor of who we are. This natural occurrence can be seen clearly through the psychological experiments known as The Milgram Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. Both of these studies are based on how human beings react to authority figures and what their obedience is when faced with conflict.

Each man of the platoon seemingly haunts themselves in wanting the freedom to go home or to just simply to get out of the war zone they are stuck at so they fantasize about the lives they wish to live when it is all over and their tour is completed. The men even fantasize of shooting themselves so they’ll be sent to a hospital in Japan or wherever just so they can just leave the hell forsaken area they in. Yet, what is putting a hold on all of these thoughts is the pure will all the men within this platoon to not be seen as a coward. The bond these men hold toward one another that they would rather walk through hell day in and day out than to be seen as a less than to their compadres. The intangibles these soldiers come in with mean nothing in comparison to the baggage each man carries in seemingly wanting to die rather than being called a “candy-ass” or

These reasons will prevent anarchy because one has a conscience to determine which laws to follow and which ones do not; therefore, one shows loyalty to the authority of law and also loyalty to one’s

Jessup, Lt. Kendrick takes Daniel, Joe, and Sam on a tour around the base and through Santiago’s room. Daniel starts to suspect that there is more to the case than what he initially thought when, in response to being asked whether he thought Santiago was murdered or not, Kendrick says, “Private Santiago is dead and that 's a tragedy. But he 's dead because he had no code. He 's dead because he had no honor.” Later, as they all sit at dinner with Colonel Jessup and other military officials, Danny thinks that he can sneakily smooth talk Jessup into giving up information.

Hunter previously states that; “the true nature of war is to serve itself and leave the world destroyed.” While Captain Frank Ramsey, rose through the military ranks, to his current position , he takes Hunter’s advice, but does not seem to listen to it because of their backgrounds. When making an ethical decision, many factors affect the process. In this example, it is pressure from your peers, the men on board, the military, and the people of the united states the swore to protect.

The Capos are merely being obedient and not questioning the ethical issues in the commands